Knaves
A three-player game where every trick scores a point and every jack costs you. Take tricks, dodge the jacks, and dump yours on someone else. 3 players.
How to play Knaves
- 1A game for three that mixes taking tricks with dodging jacks. Everyone gets 17 cards from a full deck. The last card is turned face up: its suit is trump for the hand, and the card itself sits out.
- 2The player left of the dealer leads. Follow the suit led if you can; if you can't, play anything, trump or not. The highest trump takes the trick, or else the highest card of the suit led. Aces are high, and the taker leads next.
- 3Every trick you take scores 1 point. But the jacks cost whoever takes them: the jack of hearts 4, diamonds 3, clubs 2 and spades 1. A trick with a jack in it can easily cost more than it's worth.
- 4Each hand gives out 7 points in all, so a bad hand can leave you below zero. Dump your jacks on someone else's trick when you can't follow suit.
- 5Scores carry over and the deal passes left. When anyone reaches 20 at the end of a hand, the highest score wins.
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